Softwoods grow much quicker than hardwoods and are less dense.
Pine hardwood or soft wood.
Softwood comes from gymnosperm trees usually evergreen conifers like pine or spruce.
This is not always the case but there are not many exceptions.
Pine is not a hardwood.
Generally speaking softwoods pine fir etc grow much faster than hardwood species and typically this results in a relatively softer wood.
Pine is considered a softwood.
The wood from conifers is classified as softwood because with a few exceptions it s softer than the wood from deciduous trees which is classified as hardwood.
As a general rule conifers are softwood and deciduas trees are hardwood.
Hardwood comes from angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut that are not monocots.
It comes from a coniferous tree which is one that has needles instead of leaves and is green all year round in other words an evergreen.
Popular softwoods include spruce douglas fir red pine cedar cypress and larch.